This is with reference to Ghazi Salahuddin’s
article ‘Democracy, with tears’ (March 17). The writer is dismayed by the
shameless allotment of various perks and privileges voted by the outgoing PPP
Sindh Assembly members for themselves. Among these are substantial increases in
salaries and perks with retrospective effect (from July 1, 2011), plus 70
percent salary and allowances per month, one private secretary, one orderly,
one cook, one gardener and one sanitary worker for the rest of their lives.

In addition they also get lifetime police
security, landline and mobile phone facility up to Rs10,000 per month. In any
other country, there would have been an uproar, but not in ours. I suppose we
should be grateful that they did not allow themselves more perks like five
murders every year, one duty-free SUV every two years and one new bungalow
every five years as long as they’re alive.